i TABLE OF CONTENTS, 



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The Locomotory Apparatus 94 



The Circulatory System . 96 



The Respiratory Apparatus 100 



The Digestive System loi 



The Genito-urinary Organs 102 



Section IV. — Periods of Development 107 



Section V. — Physiological Phenomena in the Fcetus no 



Nervous Functions no 



Absorption 112 



Nutrition 113 



Circulation 114 



Secretion 116 



Section VI. — Weight and Dimensions of the Fcetus at 



Birth 117 



CHAPTER v.— GESTATION 119 



Section I. — Modifications in the Uterus during 



Pregnancy 119 



Volume 119 



Structure 1 20 



Sensibility 122 



Form 1 23 



Situation 125 



Direction 125 



Influence on and Alterations in the Position of Neighboring 



Organs 1 26 



Section* 1 1. — Position of the Fcetus in the Urerus 128 



Section 1 1 1. — Signs of Pregnancy 1 29 



Rational Signs 1 29 



Material Signs 131 



Sensible Signs 1 34 



Section IV. — Duration of Pregnancy 138 



Mare 139 



Cow 141 



Sheep and Goat 141 



Pig 142 



Bitch 142 



Cat • 143 



Section V. — Gemelliparou.s, Pluriparous, or Multipa- 



Rous Gestation 143 



Mare 143 



Cow .'. . 145 



Sheep 147 



Goat 148 



Free-Martins 149 



Diagnosis of Multiple Pregnancy 150 



Position of the Foetuses in Multiple Pregnancy 151 



